309 stories by "Sarah Crompton"
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal BathBrandstrup's superbly danced reimagining of the Minotaur myth is paired with mezzo Christine Rice's impassioned Phaedra in Britten's cantata
As a young man …
King's Theatre; Pleasance at EICC, EdinburghThe actor makes his dance debut in a visually stunning yet curiously empty life of the poet. But every move counts in the Freedom Ballet of Ukrain…
Teatro alle Tese, VeniceSilver Lion winner RocÃo Molina unleashes raw energy, while Golden Lion winner Saburo Teshigawara turns his gaze inward, at Wayne McGregor's Venice Dance Biennale
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Alan Cumming has worked with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls " now he's starring in a dance show about Scotland's most famous poet. He talks to Sarah Crompton about male desire, why Marv…
Arts Depot, London; and touringThe young dancers nurtured by Hofesh Shechter rise to the challenge of his teasing 2019 work with irresistible confidence
In the history of British dance, the …
La Scala, MilanIn its world premiere performance, McGregor makes Les Noces his own, while the extraordinary Alessandra Ferri stars in his 2018 take on The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky argu…
Internationaal Theater AmsterdamThe American dance-maker brings the audience to tears with a highly textured ritual of remembrance for a dying person
You always remember the moment when a ch…
Royal Albert Hall; Royal Opera House, LondonMatthew Bourne and Christopher Wheeldon bring Broadway dazzle and cinematic power to their adaptations of Bizet's Carmen and Laura Esquivel's 1989…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA Covid-dogged company of African dancers triumph in an unbearable yet riveting revival of Pina Bausch's take on Stravinsky
In Lynn Garafola's outstanding new biography…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Royal Ballet star electrifies in Didy Veldman's tricksy new reworking of a ubiquitous classic
Natalia Osipova is such a particular talent. The force of her pe…
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, BrightonCharlotte Spencer's examination of memory and the body is strongest when it focuses on specifics
For the past 10 years, the choreographer C…
The 'Shameless' star talks to Sarah Crompton about the cost of living crisis, motherhood, Botox and her new play, 'The House of Shades'
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe mysterious, melancholy Cerberus is the centrepiece of a triple bill worthy of the company's superb dancers
Sadler's Wells was sparsely populated for the London open…
The 'Shameless' star talks to Sarah Crompton about the cost of living crisis, motherhood, Botox and her new play, 'The House of Shades'
Sadlers's Wells, LondonFear and intimidation play out in the Matsena brothers' raw, impassioned new work, while Julia Cheng's female warriors strike a pose
Julia Cheng's choreography for Cab…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonDan Daw explores bodies, power and submission in a show that is intense, tender and comes complete with trigger warning…
I was feeling quite calm about seeing …
The New York theatre director and actors Arthur Darvill, Anoushka Lucas and Patrick Vaill talk to Sarah Crompton about turning the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic into the most challenging v…
Royal Opera House, LondonIn a showcase of works from across their founding choreographer's career, the Royal Ballet prove their mastery of his technical and dramatic complexity
Mikhail Barys…
Richmond theatre, London; and touringXie Xin and Maxine Doyle call the shots in a double bill of great flow and swagger
One quality that has sustained BalletBoyz, the company founded by the …
Sadler's Wells, LondonAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker's tribute to five inspirational Rosas captivates " until it outstays its welcome
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is not a choreographer who believ…
Sadler's Wells; 180 Studios, LondonWilliam Forsythe delivers a dazzling fusion of classical ballet and pop, Ivan Michael Blackstock a bold examination of black masculinity
Dance takes many …
The new play by the Pulitzer-winning writer of Fairview links the story of the pioneering Jamaican nurse in Crimea to female carers across history
Seeing Fairview at the Young Vic in London …
Barbican; Royal Opera House, LondonThe dancers shone in a double bill to mark 20 years of Casso Pancho's company, while at Covent Garden Kyle Abraham's new work was suffused with longing
In …
Sadler's Wells, LondonDance Reflections festival continued, with offerings from foggy to soporific " but darling of radical dance Boris Charmatz did not disappoint
You need a lot of patience…
Tate Modern; Sadler's Wells, LondonDance Reflections festival showcases a fresh take on Trisha Brown's seminal work; while two of its contemporary offerings are frustratingly oblique
It must…